I am one of those folks that the stories were made about. I had my first sunburn at 2 wks old because my mama had to put out the garden and work in the fields. I spent 18 yrs. in those tobacco fields. I went to the spring at the bottom of the hill for buckets of water. I helped can the vegetables from the garden, make the lard from the hog killings. I could go on and on but I just wanted to say that at sixteen, I worked in McLellan's on weekends and during the summer until I graduated in 1954. I am writing my memoirs for my grandchildren and hope they will appreciate them as much as I appreciated the stories of my grandfather in the old porch swing out there on Canaan Ridge. Always a Tennessean at heart, Elsie
Elsie,,,,,,,I wrote my memoirs seven years ago for my four children, and presented each a book on our 40th Wedding Anniversary............now they are asking for an updated addition to the book adding the remaining years to it.......I guess I will have to get busy.........but I hadn't realized just how much info on our family would die with me until I began genealogy searches on our ancestors. Thats when its importance hit me right between the eyes..........wow,....!!! So that's when I sat down and started jotting down my thoughts. I know my children absolutely treasure those books.....and I got to relive alot of those memories in gathering together all that information............BTW.......still looking for the parents of Joseph Alfred Hendricks, b 1868 in Montgomery Co TN...my "brick wall?....Helen -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helen & Jim, Bolivia, N.C. Yorkshire Terrier Nat'l Rescue, Inc. http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/2900/index.htm http://www.YorkshireTerrierRescue.com http://www.PuppyMills.com None left to rescue, none left to buy, none left to suffer, none left to die,none to be beaten, none to be kicked, all must be loved and all must be fixed "None of my posts are to be copied in part or whole and/or sent to any lists other than the original list it is posted to, or to any individuals without my expressed permission." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~